职场点津：十招让你迅速成抢手人才
The current economy has made job-hunting a vital skill set for increasingnumbers of people. But even in the best of economic times, it pays to understand
what you can do to make yourself more appealingin the marketplace。
Current career trends suggest that an individual will change careers at
least 7 times during a lifetime. This reality presents the opportunity to
fulfill several of our aspirations. No longer do we have to choose only one
road. Instead, we can visualize a broader map, and believe that we will likely
come across those other roads somewhere down the line。
Increasing marketability is a sure way of being more prepared for a career
change. The following are ten strategies for sharpening skills and increasing
marketability:
1. Visualize. 想象
Set aside some time to think about where you are in life, and where you
want to be. Are you happy? What parts of your career excite you, and what
frustrates you? Where do you want to be in five years? In ten? Give yourself
permissionto dream。
2. Take Inventory. 制作清单
What activities are you currently doing, both on the job and in your
leisure time? What skills do they require? How would you rate your skills? Which
ones need improving? How could you sharpen them? Which skills do you enjoy
using, and which skills do you wish you used more often?
3. Update your resume. 更新你的简历
Regularly update your resume. Visiting a local career center or scanning
current resume books can keep your resume looking polished. You also may want to
have resumes that highlight different skills. For example, you might have one
specifically for management positions, and another for advertising positions.
Also, keep hard copies of your resume close at hand and give it out freely。
4. Attend Workshops. 参加培训
Take advantage of workshops offered by your employer. Dare to go to a
training session that doesnt "exactly fit" your job. For example, if your job
requires computer skills, in addition to computer-related workshops, consider
attending a workshop on leadership. If your organization doesnt offer workshops,
consider taking a course at a local community college。
5. Cross-train. 交叉性训练
Make your current job more interesting and enhance your skills at the same
time by varying your job responsibilities. Continuously hone your skills that
are transferable to other positions, corporations, and even career fields.
Always be quick to volunteer for opportunities to learn different skills。
6. Join committees. 参加协会
Committees are a great way to network and to improve skills. Vary the
committees on which you serve. Chair (成为领导者) a committee. Choose to be on a
committee that will challenge you intellectually, emotionally, skill-wise, etc.
In other words, make a decision to grow。
7. Do something different. 做些不同寻常的事情
Been doing the same thing for years? Maybe now is the time for change. Try
something youve always wanted to do, but for whatever reason, havent yet. Youll
learn more about yourself, enhance skills, make contacts, and feel alive
again。
8. Make new contacts, strengthen the old. 结识新朋友，不忘老朋友
Networking is the primaryway people get interviews. View every opportunity
as a networking one. The goal isnt to determine, "What can this person do for
me," but finding out what you and the other person have to offer each other.
Form and maintain relationships at work, through your family, in social
organizations, and in your community. Remember, you will need to nurture
relationships through staying in touch with your contacts, sending cards, be
alert to interesting articles, and other "thinking of you" activities。
9. Volunteer. 志愿者工作
Volunteering can expand your network and enhance skills. Its also an easy
way to try out some of your career aspirations. Considering a career change that
will take you out of the corporate world and into the lives of kids? Try
volunteering at your local school. Theres no career risk, just a chance to grow,
learn about yourself and give back to your community。
10. Create a Marketability Plan. 制作一份推销计划
Perhaps the most important suggestion is to create a marketability plan.
Take a good, hard look at yourself. Ask yourself the tough questions. "If I were
an employer, would I hire me?" Make a plan to increase your marketability. Which
of these activities could you commit to trying in the next month? Set a goal and
a time-line, and get started!
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